Has the EU banned kebabs? Does the EU want to boycott national products? Is there really a European tax on air conditioning?
It seems clear the answer to all these questions is no. They are all parts of myths and fake news circulating on Twitter, Facebook and many other online newspapers across Europe. In recent years, we have been spending more and more time on the web. We use it to work, to communicate, to have fun but, above all, to inform ourselves. It is not always easy to identify the true news from the false ones.
This fact, together with the growing of anti-European movements are more and more frequent to read fake news about Europe and its institutions.
As European Union constantly faces different manifestations of Europhobia, unmasking EU myths becomes more and more important to keep the EU united. Facts checking help not only to unmask the EU myths but as well to better understand the EU processes.
Based on these points, the MEGA project aims at enhancing critical thinking and media literacy of young people by analysing and unmasking Europhobic myths.
In order to achieve this goal, six organisations from Germany, Italy, France, Austria, Cyprus, and Lithuania working with young people from all over Europe, have been cooperating, developing these tools:
- EU myths and success stories
A report on widespread Europhobic myths and success stories of the EU.
- EU learning games
Online gamification environment presenting the beliefs and myths on the EU
- Guide
promoting and explaining methods and tools aimed to implement educational activities for young people.
EU myths and success stories
EU myth or Euromyth usually refers to invented stories or distorted facts about the European Union (EU) and the activities of its institutions. The EU is accused of nonsensical EU legislation, bureaucracy and all difficulties and challenges arising from global trends.
A research conducted in each partner country through social media produced a compilation of 145 EY myths along with the explanations with facts and useful links where correct information can be found and 60 success stories along with shortcomings of the EU. Myths are grouped into topics such as legislation, policy, religion, culture, migration, finances, functioning of the EU, health care, democracy, Brexit, and then into countries. Success stories of the EU are grouped into general achievements and country-specific stories.
Trotz der globalen Pandemie arbeiten wir weiterhin an diesem spannenden, internationalen Projekt und entwickeln innovative Unterlagen, für TrainerInnen aus ganz Europa, um so Sprachenlernen mit Kochen und interkulturellem Dialog kreativ zu verbinden.
EKT – Educational Knowledge Transfer is a three-year project co-funded by the European Union’s Erasmus+ programme.
Seit März 2020 finden nun alle Projektmeetings und die Zusammenarbeit zwischen den Projektpartnern ausschließlich online statt. die Berater® stellen dafür die Meeting-Infrastruktur zur Verfügung. Diese Art der Kooperation erweist sich als voll funktionsfähig und so wurden mittlerweile die ersten Produkte des Projekts wie die Forschungsstudie und ein erster Entwurf für das Bewertungsinstrument fertiggestellt.
Bald ist es so weit: Das innovative Trainingsprogramm im Bereich digitale Kommunikation und Marketing startet. Es ist vor allem an junge Arbeitssuchende zwischen 23-30 Jahren gerichtet, die am Unternehmertum im Gesundheitsbereich interessiert sind und ein solides Knowhow im Bereich digitale Kommunikation und Marketing erlangen wollen. Mit dem angeeigneten Wissen sollen später Unternehmen dabei unterstützt werden, ihre Produkte im Gesundheitssektor in den sozialen Medien effektiver zu vermarkten.
It is our pleasure to invite you to the 10th REVEAL conference, this year hosted by the consortia of the projects CIM, PITCH and Job Bridge on December 10th and 11th, 2020.
